Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Grand Duchy. A Military Merit Cross, I Class United Republic of Footnote: The Opera Nazionale Balilla

Footnote: The Opera Nazionale Balilla (ONB) was an Italian Fascist youth organization functioning between 1926 and 1937

a Bavarian Military Service Badge

Sawyer joined the National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution in 1959

Hubert - An early Grand Cross Star

George Busk was born in St

Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Grand Duchy. A Military Merit Cross, I Class United Republic of Footnote: The Opera Nazionale Balilla(Militr Verdienstkreuz I. Klasse). Instituted 28 February 1915 by Grand Duke Friedrich Franz IV. (1915 1924 issue). Constructed of gilded bronze, consisting of a Cross Patte, the obverse with ribbed arms, with a central monogram of Grand Duke Friedrich Franz IV, the six oclock arm with a date of 1914, the twelve oclock arm with a royal crown, the reverse with a crimped barrel hinge and banjo style pinback meeting a round wire catch, unmarked,